The eagerly-awaited clashes between Danny King of the Diamonds and Ben Barker began in the opening race after Rasmus Jensen’s rearing bike took all three of them into the fence

Newcastle Diamonds moved back into fifth place in the Premier League after defeating Plymouth Devils 61-34 at Byker last night in an accident-strewn affair that left the visitors tracking just one rider in five races.

Both sides started the match a rider short, with Newcastle’s Lewis Rose and Plymouth’s Adam Roynon already on the sidelines through injury, and by the time the match ended only three Devils were not suffering the consequences of wild crashes, all of their own making.

The eagerly-awaited clashes between Danny King of the Diamonds and Ben Barker began in the opening race after Rasmus Jensen’s rearing bike took all three of them into the fence.

Jensen was ruled out of further racing with a leg injury, while Barker, after winning the re-run and also beating Stuart Robson in the fifth race, retired for the night with bruised ribs.

Two former Diamonds, Kyle Newman and Josef Franc, posed the only threats to Newcastle after Barker’s withdrawal, but Newman’s night also ended prematurely after he, King and Chris Mills were all involved in a second-bend pile-up in the 10th race, Newman injuring a shoulder.

All the Diamonds made merry and Ludvig Lindgren raced to his second successive 15-point maximum, while all the others were paid for double-figure tallies.

Franc, after a slow start to the match, went on to win two races and topped the visitors’ scorechart.

King said later: “Some of the boys were struggling with the track, though I don’t know why, and we simply cashed in on their misfortunes.”

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